A few fun facts about the origins of Halloween (in Poland)
The first quarter of my new book entered its second-to-last phase: I’m filling the gaps or rewriting some sentences and… that’s soooo damn hard. At least the days are colder and darker, what helps me focus and relax. The time between October and November is special for one more reason: Halloween! Or, for me and other people who don’t like its Americanized, commercialized and/or christianized version: Dziady, Samhain or maybe even Divali. Here, in Poland, Halloween is a quite controversial topic. People complain about borrowing American trends, “worshipping“ demons by dressing-ups, and other stuff. However, they forget about one thing: we have our own Slavic version of it. Me, and the other people who appreciate the older local traditions, prefer this version of Halloween. How does it look like? Even though each region had its own customs, they have many common features: huge feasts and offering food and drinks to the souls of the ancestors. What’s the catch? You have to be calm and qu